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Webster 1913 Edition

(mī′nŭs)

Adj.

[L. See

, and cf.

pref. from the French.]

(Math.)

Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative;

as, a

minus

quantity

Minus sign

(Math.)

the sign [-] denoting minus, or less, prefixed to negative quantities, or quantities to be subtracted. See

Negative sign

, under

See also: minus and Minus

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